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The Lake Bluff School Caucus nominates and supports candidates for both the Lake Bluff Elementary District 65 and Lake Forest High School District 115 school boards. Nominating for District 115 is shared between the Lake Bluff School Caucus and the Lake Forest Caucus. The Lake Bluff School Caucus nominates for two of the seven District 115 seats. The Lake Forest Caucus nominates 4 seats. In the past, the nomination for an unincorporated (i.e., Knollwood) seat was done by the Lake Bluff Caucus. We are in negotiations with the Lake Forest Caucus to determine who nominates that seat.

Below is information on both of these districts. Please visit their respective web sites for more information.

LAKE BLUFF ELEMENTARY DISTRICT 65

Lake Bluff School District 65 has provided excellence in education for children for over 100 years. The District is 5.6 square miles in size with a student enrollment of approximately 900 in grades kindergarten through eight. District 65 students attend Lake Forest High School.

Two schools make up the district:

  • Lake Bluff Elementary School, Grades K-5, 500 students
  • Middle School, Grades 6-8, 390 students

Curriculum highlights:

  • Lake Bluff District 65 offers a comprehensive core curriculum aligned to state and national standards in language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, foreign language, physical education, and the fine arts
  • Art, music, drama, and Spanish are taught in all grades beginning in kindergarten. French is available for 6th-8th grades.
  • Small school setting and class sizes. All students attend the same elementary and middle schools.
  • Student/teacher Ratio: 15.3
  • Overall ISAT Performance: 93.8%
  • Multi-age classroom teaching available in 1st/2nd and 4th/5th
  • Half- and full-day (fee-based) kindergarten available
  • Students with talents are offered a variety of enrichment opportunities and receive additional support from math, reading and enrichment specialists
  • Students in need of additional assistance are supported by special education teachers, speech and language therapists, social workers, English language learner and behavior specialists.
  • In the Lake Bluff Schools, every 5th- to 8th-grade student is equipped with a laptop computer.

 

LAKE FOREST HIGH SCHOOL DISTRICT 115

Lake Forest High School serves the residents of Lake Forest, Lake Bluff, and Knollwood. A community of 22,000, primarily business and professional residents, evidences a strong demand for excellence. These communities are exceptionally supportive of its many diverse institutions. For Lake Forest High School, this assistance takes the form of college scholarships, foreign exchange programs, purchase of special equipment, underwriting leadership training, and summer workshops for students.

Originally built in 1935, the facilities have had substantial renovation. The school facilities include a studio theater, a renovated auditorium theater, a complete array of special education facilities, computer labs, a student publication center, a photography lab, a television studio with a collection of 5,500 curriculum-related videotapes, a computerized library with CD-ROM information retrieval, a field house, a climbing wall, and a swimming pool with diving well. A successful referendum in November 2006 allowed construction of a music wing, an improved and enlarged library, an updated student cafeteria and commons area, and additional classroom space.

The average tenure of faculty members at Lake Forest High School is 9.9 years, and more than 77 percent of the faculty hold master’s degrees or beyond. Members of the faculty have been instrumental in the development of Advanced Placement courses, serve on a number of state curriculum committees, and have authored articles in professional journals and textbooks as well as novels.